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Slide to your current setup and see what a dedicated SSIO team member saves you every year — at a fixed $14/hr + GST.

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Hours / week38
Local all-in rate$48/hr

SSIO rate fixed at $14/hr + GST · 52 weeks

Local hire / year$—
SSIO team member / year$—
You save / year
$—
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How the numbers work

The calculator compares a dedicated SSIO team member at $14/hour against a local hire at your chosen all-in rate — that's salary plus superannuation, leave, payroll tax, equipment and office overhead, which typically lands a $60k salary near $75–85k all-in.

It's an estimate to frame the conversation. On a discovery call we quote the exact rate for your role and hours — book below.

Method

What actually sits inside a local hire

The number most people compare against is a base salary, and it is the smallest part of what an employee costs. The calculator above uses an all-in figure, because that's the money that actually leaves your account. Here's what goes into it.

  • Base salary — the advertised number, and usually about two-thirds of the real one.
  • Superannuation — 12% on top of ordinary time earnings.
  • Paid leave — four weeks annual leave plus leave loading where your award applies it, ten days personal leave, and public holidays. You are paying for roughly 47 working weeks of output across 52 weeks of salary.
  • Payroll tax — once your total wage bill crosses your state's threshold, every additional salary attracts it.
  • Workers compensation — premium scales with your wage bill and industry rate.
  • Recruitment — an agency fee is commonly a percentage of first-year salary; doing it yourself costs advertising plus a fortnight of somebody senior's time.
  • Desk and tools — floor space, computer, phone, software seats, insurance.
  • Ramp-up — the first month or two before someone is fully productive, paid at full rate.

Add those and a $75,000 advertised role commonly lands near $100,000 a year in reality. That is the figure worth comparing against, and it's why the saving lands near 70% rather than the 40% you'd get from comparing hourly rates alone.

Reading it

How to interpret your number

The result is an annual figure based on a full-time, 38-hour week and the rate band for that role. It is indicative — your real local cost depends on your state, your award, your industry's workers comp rate and whether you're over the payroll tax threshold.

Two things worth remembering. First, the saving is not free money: most clients reinvest part of it, either by hiring a second person sooner or by buying back the owner's time. Second, the saving compounds. Year two carries no recruitment cost and no ramp-up, which is exactly why we care so much about people staying.

Honestly

When this doesn't save you money

The calculator is happy to give you a big number for a scenario that won't work. Three cases where we'd tell you not to bother:

Under 20 hours a weekThe overhead of managing a remote person outweighs the saving. Hire a local part-timer.
No process, no time to build oneOffshore doesn't fix a management gap. If nobody can spare a few hours a week in month one, wait.
The role needs to be hereSite visits, in-person client meetings, an Australian licence or registration. Some jobs have a postcode.
Questions

Frequently asked

Why is the local rate so much higher than the salary?
Because a salary isn't the true cost — superannuation, leave, payroll tax, equipment, software and office space typically add 30–50% on top.
Does the $14/hour change with hours?
No — it's a fixed hourly rate; your annual figure just scales with the hours you need. Specialist roles sit higher.
Is GST included?
GST applies for Australian clients and is claimable; the calculator shows the ex-GST rate for comparison.
Is there a minimum term?
Three months, then month to month. It's the same runway you'd give a new local hire to learn your systems, your clients and your standards — and the team members who get a fair run are the ones who stay for years. There are no exit penalties at any point, and if the issue is the person rather than the role, the first-week refund and free replacement cover that separately.
How do you handle confidentiality?
The same way you'd treat any remote team member. Every placement signs an NDA and a confidentiality clause before day one, and they work inside your systems — your email, your CRM, your file storage — so you control what they can see and can revoke access instantly. No client data is stored on our side.